Collaborations
Our many collaborations and collaborators
Research
The UCD Spectroscopy Group conducts research into atomic, molecular and laser-produced plasma physics, supporting experimental observations with atomic structure calculations and plasma modelling and simulation.
One key research theme is the development, characterisation and modelling of novel soft x-ray sources for applications in lithography for next generation semiconductor manufacturing and potentially imaging of micro and nanoscale structures.
Among others are the study of double photoionisation of molecules using synchrotron radiation and the development of ultrafast soft-X-ray probes using High-Harmonic Generation (HHG) in gases and plasmas.
Recently we have been funded by the European Research Council (ERC) as part of a Synergy grant 101071865-HEAVYMETAL, to investigate the origin of the heavy elements in the Universe. Our part in this project is to undertake mainly absorption spectroscopy on laser produced plasmas in order to generate new atomic structure data. This data will then inform and benchmark simulations to interpret the signals emitted following binary neutron star mergers, so called kilonova events.